Control: tags -1 moreinfo On Tue, 12 Mar 2024 at 05:06, David W <d0sbo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Package: usr-is-merged > Version: 39 > > When attempting to install, I received the following message: > > ****************************************************************************** > * > * The usr-is-merged package cannot be installed because this system does > * not have a merged /usr. > * > * Please install the usrmerge package to convert this system to merged-/usr. > * > * For more information please read https://wiki.debian.org/UsrMerge. > * > ****************************************************************************** > > This despite the fact that I have version 39 of usrmerge installed, and the > symlinks were indeed set up correctly. > > In the end, it turned out to be because /usr itself was a symlink, and > although this causes no issues for either the merging process or any running > software, since the check is using "readlink -f" it erroneously fails.
Why is /usr a symlink? How did you install your debian system?
